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The PRC, as the successor to the Qing and ROC in that order, therefore inherited the sovereignty of Taiwan. The return of the sovereignty of Taiwan to the ROC was confirmed on 25 October 1945 on the basis of the Cairo Declaration, Potsdam Proclamation, Japanese Instrument of Surrender, and the invalidity of the Treaty of Shimonoseki.
Taiwan has strong unofficial relations with Somaliland, which is a self-declared state in the Horn of Africa that is claimed as the territory of neighbouring Somalia, in a state of affairs that displays strong parallels to Taiwan's own sovereignty dispute with China. Taiwan maintains a "Taiwan Economic and Cultural Office" in Guam, which is an ...
Since the early 1990s, the ROC has sought separate United Nations membership under a variety of names, including "Taiwan". [106] The People's Republic of China considers itself to be the sole legitimate government of all of China, and therefore claims exclusive sovereignty over all territory controlled by Taiwan. [34] See also: One China.
The U.S., like most countries, doesn't formally recognize Taiwan as a country but maintains robust informal relations with the island and is bound by its own laws to provide it with the weapons it ...
The U.S. officially takes no position on Taiwan's sovereignty under Washington's "One China" policy. China says it will not renounce the use of force to bring Taiwan under its control.
Taiwan's Jan. 13 presidential and parliamentary elections are happening as China has stepped up military and political pressure to assert its claims of sovereignty over the island, including ...
Mutual non-recognition of sovereignty and mutual non-denial of authority to govern" (Chinese: 互不承認主權，互不否認治權) is former President of the Republic of China Ma Ying-jeou's description of the relations between the Taiwan Area and Mainland China, as presented in his second inauguration speech after being re-elected in 2012.
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